D.O.T Physical

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Michael M.'s Comment
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I'm about to enroll into school in about another month, and i'm going to a Community College for my training. I'm needing to get a drug test & a physical. I was just curious what all they have to check me for in my physical such as blood pressure and ETC.

Brett Aquila's Comment
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Welcome aboard Michael!

The physical is really very quick and easy. They'll check:

-Blood pressure - below like 140 on the high end

-Hearing - can hear a "forced whisper" they call it

-Eyesight -minimum 20/40 in each eye

-Drug Test - normally just a pee test, rarely a hair follicle test

-Hernia

-Touch Your Toes

That's about it. It takes like 20 minutes and you're out of there. During the drug test they'll also usually check for things like sugar level problems. If you're on any medications they'll need to know that to make sure they're acceptable for commercial driving.
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